Collective Variable Monitoring
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Introduction
The Collective Variable Monitoring (MON) method implemented in PMFLib records the values of selected collective variables during a molecular dynamics simulation. The generated time series can be used for further analysis, such as plotting the time evolution of collective variables, checking the stability of a simulation, or estimating statistical properties including autocorrelation times. This method imposes no bias or constraint on the system; it only monitors and writes the selected collective variables for subsequent processing.